Is this effect too much?

particularily curious about the gaussion blur around her and if it is too much?

The rest of the pp is channel mixer and a little sharepening brush and burn brush

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I like it!

it perfect

nice photo

I agree! Excellent!!!

Fine art indeed... the effect looks great.

thank you! I really liked the effect, but it is hard for me to judge what people will like. I really want to do artistic portraits so I am trying to come up with some techniques! Eventually I want to get brave enough to do them on location though to make them more interesting

I like it, it looks like an old antique photo.

I think it looks very nice, it would look great framed.

I like it also. Great job with the PP.

Art

Thank you!!

The effect looks great. Great photo. Definately great potential of a personal technique.
The only problem I see is the shadow under her chin.
There is something odd about it . It's like a big dark blob right in the middle.
The photo does need that shade. it just takes too much room on the photo .
Try lightening it a little in PS, or maybe add a reflector next time.

Thank you Chudilo! I actually burned that area in a little bit to try and make her face stand out more, but now that you mention the dark blob I can definately see it. I will edit it out

nice picture!

Great style you have come up with,,blur is perfect as well as light and focus as well as dof ! The only thing iI see is a strange line going thru the lips..??

hehe, another thing I noticed because of you guys! Thanks Peachman, I didn't even notice that. I will fix it, was dodging the lipstick on the lips and didn't do a very good job I see